Conservationists betting on bees to ease clash of humans and elephants

'Bee fence' idea has been buzzing since hives were deployed in Kenya and Botswana to reduce conflict - and now groups look to roll it out in Tanzania

A community near the famed Serengeti national park in Tanzania is enlisting the help of bees to reduce escalating tensions with elephants that enrage locals by trampling upon their crops.

A fence made of beehives is being constructed around a one-acre farm close to the Ngorongoro conservation area as part of the pilot project to see if the buzzing bees will deter elephants that stroll on to cropland.